Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-27
THOSE PLANS.

Colonel Sale ct al Stlll Engaged Upor
The Hospital Building Project-Elab,
Orate Preparations.
The Gale board of trustees has beer
in session in Yankton to-day for the
purpose of making . final examination
of the venerable plans for the ancient
new wings Of the hospital before the
governors approval is asked for. The
plans have not yet been forwarded tu
Bismarck, because, Col. Gale says, the
governor has been touring in south Da-
kota since a day before the architect
completed these plans. Now the plans
and specifications are all ready and will
go forth &c meet their fate at once
To-day q reporter was allowed to inspect
the draughtings, the complications
thereof being explained by d. d. Kean,
of Canton, who has had much to do with
them. The plans are very elaborate,
and are 30 arranged as to cause the whole
amount of the building appropriation to
be consumed in the construction. Ac-
cording to these specifications the build
ings are to be constructed of brick
Yankton brick preferred are to be three
stories and basement, the additions to
DO eighty.siz feet long and thirtY-six
feet wide. They are to be located eighty
feet from the main building. and are to
be connected with that structure by o
corridor twenty-four feet vide by eighty
feet in length. The east wing will face
east and the west wing west 30 as to
allow sunshine on both sides all the.
year round. The present building faces
south and the Gale board does not like
the moss which is growing on the north
side. 30 it favors buildings without
any north sides. Each ward room OF
the new wings will contain q full
length corridor, fifteen cells, besides
closets, waiting and wash rooms, and
the capacity of the two wings will be
equal to the capacity Of the present
building. The buildings will have q
foundation of eighteen inches Of con-
crete, upon which will be laid the di.
mension stone. The walls are to be.
twenty inches for the first story. sixteen
for the second and twelve for the third,
the whole to be capped with IN iron
roof. The erches over windows and
common doors are to be of brick, built
into the main wall, and in distances too
great to De spanned by an arch hollow
tile bound by iron is to be used for
support. The connecting building
will contain, besides the passage way,
waiting rooms. pantry, dining room,
closets. and assooisting room for con.
valescent patients. The building will
he fnrnlahed in we'll seasoned maple.
the floors to be Of the same material.
The system of heatings will be steam,
but upon o plan somewhat different
than any at present in use %herestouts.
The radiators will be placed in the base
ment at convenient intervals and the
rooms above will be heated by registers
which, will be connected with the
radiators by means of iron hot air ducts.
These ducts will entirely cover the
radiators and will have cold air connec.
tions. The heat is regulated by the n
gineer aud the Inconvenience
OF having radiators in the wards,
and the saving Of the immense
amount of pipe ere quoted as
recommendations for the system.
An entire new system Of sewerage for
the wings If to be constructed, the
sewerage for the main building not now
being adequate for that portion alone.
A new sixty horRe boiler is to be placed
in the engine to supply the in
creased demand for steam. One OF the
improvements on the old building will
be an exterior fire escape connecting
with each floor which will be ornament
al as well ns useful. Electricity will fur
nish light. The plans are said to be
complete In every detail and If the
dsle board only had the power to begin
construction ct once and it was summer
instead OF winter the building would
soon be complete.
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